Casing for horse-collars.



N0. 699,l5l. Patented May 6, I902.

A. G. COUCH.

CASING FOR HORSE GOLLARS.

{Application filed Oct. 7, 1901.)

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CASING FOR HORSE GOLLARS.

(Application filed Oct. '7, 1901.\

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE. a

ANDREW G. COUCH, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO COUCH BROTH- ERS & J. J. EAGAN COMPANY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OF GEORGIA.

CASING FOR HORSE-COLLA'RS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,151, dated May 6,1902. Application filed October 7, 1901. Serial No. 77,834. (11'0 model.) I

To all whom it iii/my concern: ing a section of casing for my horse-collar, it Be it known that I, ANDREW G. COUCH, a being understood that the making-of but one citizen of the United States, residing at Atsection is illustrated, the collar being formed lanta, in the county of Fulton and State ofof two sections joined in the middle, the 5 Georgia, have invented certain new and usemethod of making each being the same. ful Improvements in Casings for Horse-Col- In Fig. 1, A represents a piece of suitable lars, of which the following is a specification. material for the casing for a horse-collar, any

My invention relates to horse-collars, and suitable material being used; but in this inmore particularly to casings for the collars. stance it is preferred. to use stout cloth, as

no The object of myinvention is to lessen the canvas or duck, and, as shown in Fig. 1, the 6c amount of seams orstitches necessaryin makpiece or strip of material A is shaped to the ing the collar-casing and to reduce the numdesired form, with curved sides and a V- ber of pieces used and curves necessary in shaped notch cut in the upper portion of the the same, thus savingthe amount of matestrip, this notchbeing shown with convex I5 rial which would be wasted in cuttingout a edges b, the tops (1 of the strip, which evencasing containing more pieces and curves, for tually form the throat of the casing, being wherever a curve occurs material is wasted. sloped away, as shown.

My collar-casing is made entirely from the In Fig. 2 the piece of material A is shown outside in two sections, joined at the middle, folded upon itself down a crease G into two 20 each section being made from a single piece unequal parts, of which D is shown wider of material, while at the same time all raw than E. A portion F of the wider strip D is edges are thrown on the inside,'and, morethen folded inward upon itself, as shown in over, the casing does not have to be turned Fig. 3, to form a rim or neck portion for the after it has been stitched. The stitching is collar when it is stufied, as hereinafter to ap- 25 done from the outside, and all raw edges are pear. The edge e of the narrower part of the inside. Bya suitable arrangement of stitchsection of casing is then folded inward, as ing I am enabled to form a substantially flatshown in Fig. 4, at 6, so that the inwardlybottom hame-crevice in the collar for the folded portions F and e overlap each other hames to work in, which prevents the hames any desired distance, the arrangement of 3: from working out of the collar in backing or parts being such,'as shown, that therim F is in holding back in going downhill. substantially narrower than the main portion Myinvention consists in the sections of cas- E of .the section of easing. Upon folding the ing as described and illustrated in the dematerial in the first instance upon itself into tails of manufacture and construction in the unequal parts the material is presumed to 5 accompanying specification and drawings, in have been cut in such manner that the foldwhich ing will cause the edges 1) bolt the V-shaped Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of the -notch'to substantially meet, so that they may casing before folding. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereafter be turnedinwa'rd and stitched toof a section of the casing folded upon itself gether to form the curved portion of the 001- 40 into unequal parts. Fig. 3 is a plan view lar after it is stufied. 9o showingasection of easing folded upon itself In Fig. 5 the rim F is shown first folded with a portion of the wider part folded inover, and the narrower part E of the section is ward. Fig. 4. is a plan view of a section of shown folded down with an inturned edge e the casing folded into overlapping portions. overlapping the. rim F. When a portion of 5 Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 4, showing the the Wider part of the casing isfirst folded folds and stitching; and Fig. 6 is aperspecdown, it is preferred to stitch it witha line of tive view of a section of the casing stuffed. stitching, as at S, this stitching being done Referring to the drawings, it will be noted from the outside and passing through the that the figures taken in order from 1,130 4; folded portion F and the main portion D 0f 50 substantially illustrate the method of makthe casing. Then when the intnrned edge of I00 the narrower part E is folded to overlap the rim I it is preferred that the inturned edge shall overlap the stitching S and then another line of stitching S is passed through all the folds and parts of the section from the outside, thus firmly securing the parts together along a line substantially parallel to the edge of the rim, and the section can be stutfed after it has been formed as so far described, provided the substantially meeting edges 1) of the notch B have been stitched together; but before stuifing I prefer to stitch the overlapping portions and parts of the collar together by another line of stitching S from the outside and at a little distance, from a quarter to half an inch, from the lines of stitching S S, so that when the rim and main portion of the casing are stuffed with any suitable material there will remain a crevice for the hames between the rim and the main portion, this crevice having a substantially flat bottom in which there is no stufling, and, as hereinbefore described, this crevice will prevent the hames from working out under the various strains which they must undergo and is a far preferable construction to the form where but a single line of stitching is used between the parts of the casing where the hames may not fit down into the crevices. Suitable pads P, of leather or other material to resist wear, may be fastened to the section in the usual places. In order to give the proper curved shape to the section of easing when stuffed, puckers P should be formed in the material near the notched portion.

IVithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of details herein shown and described, I claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent the following:

1. A casing for a section of a horse-collar, consisting of a single piece of material provided with a V-shaped notch and folded upon itself into two unequal parts, the edges of the notch substantially meeting and being stitched together, the wider part of the easing being folded inward upon itself to form a rim, the edge of the narrower part of the easing being turned inward but overlapping the folded portion of the wider part of the easing, the whole being united by stitching from the outside through the overlapping portions of the casing, substantially as described.

2. A casin g for a section of a horse-collar,

consisting of a single piece of material prorim and held by a line of stitching, the edge of the narrower part of the casing being also turned inward but overlapping the stitching of the rim, the Whole being united from the outside by stitching through the folded portions and parts of the casing, and the material being puckered near the notched portion to give a curved shape to the casing when stuffed, substantially as described.

3. A casing for a section of a horse-collar, consisting of a single piece of material provided with a V-shaped notch and folded upon itself into two unequal parts, the edges of the notch substantially meeting and being stitched together, the wider part of the easing being folded inward upon itself to form a rim and held by a line of stitching, the edge of the narrower part of the casing being also turned inward but overlapping the stitching of the rim, the whole being united from the outside by substantially parallel rows of stitching through the folded portions and parts of the casing,substantially as described.

4. A casing for a section of a horse-collar, consisting of a single piece of material provided with a V-shaped notch and folded upon itself into two unequal parts, the edges of the notch being stitched together, the wider part of the casing being folded inward to form a rim, the edge of the narrower part of the casing overlapping the folded portion of the wider part, the whole being united by stitching from the outside through the overlapping portions of the casing, substantially as described.

5. A casing for a section of a horse-collar, consisting of a piece of material provided with a notch and folded upon itself into two parts, the edges of the notch being stitched together, one part of the casing being folded inward to form a rim, the edge of the other part of the casing overlapping said inwardlyfolded portion, and the whole being united by stitching through the overlapping portions of the casing, substantially as described.

6. A casing for a section of a horse-collar, consisting of a piece of material provided with a notch and folded upon itself, one portion of the casing being folded inward to form a rim and another portion overlapping said in- IIO 

